Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the IAEA's referral of Iran's nuclear program to the Security Council "part of a psychological war masterminded by Washington and aimed at undermining Iran's clerical rulers."
"That is why if the Iranian nation and government steps back on nuclear energy today, the story will not end there and the Americans will make another pretext," he told Iran's "Assembly of Experts," a body of senior clerics which supervises the supreme leader's activities.
"The officials are responsible for continuing Iran's drive for advanced technology, including nuclear energy, without yielding to the pressures," he said.
...and from the puppet
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that "the West would suffer more than Iran" if it continued to try to stop the Islamic Republic developing nuclear technology, reported Iranian state media.
"This nation...will not allow others to treat it with a bullying attitude, even if those who treat it with a bullying attitude are international bullies," he said.
"harm and pain"
A senior Iranian security official warned Wednesday that Iran could inflict "harm and pain" on the West to match whatever punishment it received from the Security Council. Senior leaders "have also hinted Iran could use its influence with militants in Iraq, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories to stir up trouble for the United States and Israel," reported Reuters Thursday.
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